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      Most "quick starts" only get you a few blocks from where you are.
      From there, you are on your own. Yet, typically, you'd want to get to the next
      city. This starter kit shall be as minimal as possible, yet packed as much
      power as possible.
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      So you are busy and always on the go. You do not wish to spend a lot of time
      studying the library. You wish to be spared the details for later when you
      need it. For now, all you need to do is to get up to speed as quickly as possible
      and start using the library. If this is the case, this is the right place to
      start.
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      This section is by no means a thorough discourse of the library. For more information
      on Phoenix, please take some time to read the rest of the Documentation. Yet,
      if you just want to use the library quickly, now, this chapter will probably
      suffice. Rather than taking you to the details of the library, we shall try
      to provide you with annotated examples instead. Hopefully, this will get you
      into high gear quickly.
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      <span class="phrase"><a name="phoenix.starter_kit.functors_everywhere"></a></span><a class="link" href="starter_kit.html#phoenix.starter_kit.functors_everywhere">Functors
      everywhere</a>
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      Phoenix is built on function objects (functors). The functor is the main building
      block. We compose functors to build more complex functors... to build more
      complex functors... and so on. Almost everything is a functor.
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        Functors are so ubiquitous in Phoenix that, in the manual, the words <span class="emphasis"><em>"functor"</em></span>
        and <span class="emphasis"><em>"function"</em></span> are used interchangeably.
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      We start with some core functions that are called <span class="bold"><strong>primitives</strong></span>.
      You can think of primitives (such as values, references and arguments) as atoms.
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      Things start to get interesting when we start <span class="emphasis"><em>composing</em></span>
      primitives to form <span class="bold"><strong>expressions</strong></span>. The expressions
      can, in turn, be composed to form even more complex expressions.
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